Lettering For A 1929 Ford Truck - Cool Commercials

We've all listened to the occasional stories of lucky devils who stumble across one of those well-worn shop trucks we hear about. There's no doubt most of us wish we were the ones that'd been so fortunate as to chance upon a solid ol' Fred's Garage & Massage Parlor delivery truck in the barn out back. Unfortunately, discoveries like those are rare and only getting more so.

2/26During the final stages of my barn-find buildup I decided to have my pal SoCal pinstriper Jeff "Styles" do a bit of patina'd lettering on the doors of my '29. I chose a logo from a long defunct business in the small town I grew up in back in Oklahoma and asked him if he could apply the logo so it looked as though it was of the same age as the finish on the pickup's un-restored body, and he did so perfectly as you can see.

Enter the faux barn-find phenomenon, or purposeful patina-the art of making a silk purse into a sow's ear, so to speak. It's not everyone's taste, but a growing number of folks are working hard to make their classic pickup trucks look the part of shop vehicle with a long, hard life under its belt. It doesn't take a lot of work or tons of talent to reduce a mature paintjob to the well-worn look of your favorite pair of broken-in jeans. That said, here's a step-by-step on how to achieve that timeworn shop truck/commercial look for those who might consider building a cool classic truck with the look of an old-timer. It's a neat way to individualize your truck, and after you're done, you'll be able to spend more time driving and enjoying your old-timey faux survivor than polishing and protecting a shiny, new paintjob. Follow along while striping and lettering pro Jeff "Styles" shows us how we can go about customizing our trucks ourselves.